Fantasy Macabre

Fantasy Macabre was a literary zine devoted to fantasy and terror fiction.

The first issue of Fantasy Macabre appeared in 1980. The first two issues were published by Dave Reeder in London, UK. Richard Fawcet took over publishing duties with issue 3, released in 1982 in Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.A., although Dave Reeder remained editor. Starting in 1985 with issue #5, the editor of Fantasy Macabre was Jessica Amanda Salmonson, continuing until the last issue, #17, released in 1996. The subtitle for this period was "Beauty plus Strangeness eguals Terror".

Also included were translations of European authors such as Erckmann-Chatrian, translated by Phyllis Ann Karr; Gaston Danville translated by Thomas Ligotti; Judith Gautier, translated by Ruth Berman; Gustav Meyrink, translated by Michael Bullock, and Jan Weiss, translated by Cyril Simsa.